Greetings from Shanghai – and welcome to ChinesePod Teacher Courses!

On behalf of the whole team, I am writing to welcome you to ChinesePod and help you get settled into your new Teacher Course. Our aim is to ensure that your studies are rewarding and fun, and to help you reach your learning goals. Even for experienced language learners Mandarin can be intimidating, but it is a truly fantastic language – learning it is the key to unlocking Chinas culture too – so we are excited to get you started on your course.

The enclosed Welcome Pack contains a course overview, study tips, plus other information about Teacher Courses. One main thing to note is that we encourage all our students to throw themselves whole-heartedly into their studies and feel comfortable making mistakes (its a key part of the learning process!). Youll be speaking Chinese confidently in no time.